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Kids love the Magic Tree House Series! Here is a resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print, read to find new information, and think and write creatively, all using The Magic Tree house chapter books as a springboard. Includes:Story summariesReproducible work sheets for 17 Magic Tree House booksTeacher suggestionsResource listStory student reading recordAnswer keyExpectationsl. To introduce the students to Mary Pope Osborne, her writings and her style of writing.2. To encourage reading for pleasure and discussion of reading.3. To encourage students to research for information about material they have read.4. To develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print.5. To develop the students' abilities to think and write creatively. Story Summary and activities for these 17 Magic Tree House Books:Dinosaurs Before DarkThe Knight at DawnMummies in the MorningPirates Past NoonNight of the NinjasAfternoon on the AmazonSunset of the SabertoothMidnight on the MoonDolphins at DaybreakGhost Town at SundownLions at LunchtimePolar Bears Past BedtimeVacation Under the VolcanoDay of the Dragon KingViking Ships at SunriseHour of the OlympicsTonight on the Titanic

This book presents suggestions and worksheets to help students feel more at ease when giving class presentations. The three types of speeches are discussed as well as ways of giving illustrated talks and multimedia presentations. The techniques of debating are also presented and discussed.Teachers should be aware that while students at this grade level are quite comfortable playing and chatting with their friends, they have not developed the flair for speaking in front of these same people. Help the students to see that they are not alone in feeling uncomfortable in addressing an audience and that this unit will help them write better speeches and prepare them for presentations.The writing of a speech or presentation is just as important as the presenting. For this reason, many of the student activities in this unit involve the use of the writing process with which the students are already familiar.Ideas are included for classroom charts. These may also be used as overheads when presenting each section. A teacher assessment rubric as well as peer evaluation sheets are also included.Teachers should model appropriate and inappropriate behavior for listening to presentations. Class charts may be designed and posted in the classroom.Table of Contents: General Overview of UnitTeaching SuggestionsIdeas for Charts or OverheadsT-chartAssessment RubricsPresentation EvaluationStudent Checklist for PresentationsPreparing for a PresentationNarrowing Down the SubjectPicking your TopicPrewritingOutliningIntroductionInformation OutlineDemonstration OutlinePersuasive OutlineWriting the ConclusionRevising and EditingPractice TipsInterviewsBooktalksDebatesStorytellingStory Presentation OrganizerReaders' TheaterImpromptu PresentationsUsing the Computer in PresentationsScience Fair PresentationsPoster PresentationsResearch PresentationsStudent Evaluation SheetAnswers